The golden silk tassels on the hem of her skirt refracted brilliant light under the spiritual glow, the golden edge stained with blood, making it even more magnificent and beautiful.
"You... what cultivation level are you at?" Old Ancestor Mei's words became slurred.
Old Ancestor Lou secretly rejoiced that he hadn't acted rashly just now. He interrupted Old Ancestor Mei, "Enough, Mei San. Jin Gaishi brought this upon himself. Let's just drop this matter."
Old Ancestor Mei's heart sank. He glared indignantly at Old Ancestor Lou, as if this had nothing to do with his Lou family!
Qian Ying raised her head and glanced at Old Ancestor Lou.
"On what grounds?"
Patriarch Lou frowned tightly, "Venerable Qian Ying, Bai Sheng Yi was pushed into the rift by Jin Gaishi. Jin Gaishi is already dead, what else do you want?"
"Lou Ye! Who allowed you to speak to Venerable Qian Ying in that tone? The Venerable is likely just too worried about Young Friend Bai." Old Ancestor Lou reprimanded him, feigning anger.
One played the good cop, the other the bad cop, acting as if they were uninvolved.
"I believe it's been too long since I, Qian Ying, came out of seclusion, and you all no longer take me seriously."
With an exquisitely beautiful face and a chillingly sarcastic expression, Qian Ying suddenly let out a long howl to the sky!
Her long hair instantly turned red, her eyebrows and eyes were dyed a bright crimson, her long skirt was torn, revealing gorgeous, smooth, beautiful feathers. A red bird of unparalleled beauty spread its wings and soared!
"Vermilion Bird!"
"How can there be a Vermilion Bird on the Divine Revelation Continent!"
"Haven't the Four Divine Beasts gone extinct since ancient times?"
The crystalline tail feathers, like jade, swept gently. Old Ancestor Mei and Old Ancestor Lou had no time to escape; they were directly flung to the ground, pinned down relentlessly.
Qian Ying did not kill the two. She let out a cold laugh, then took out another transparent porcelain bottle and collected them inside.
"I'll deal with you when Junior Sister returns!"
As she spoke, she resumed her human form, once again the charming and radiant beauty.
"What are you looking at? Look again, and you'll lose your life!" Qian Ying's gaze swept coldly across the surroundings. Those she looked at immediately averted their eyes, focusing their attention on dealing with the void beasts and puppets before them.
These things were also terrifying, so much so that many had already begun to retreat.
But Qian Ying seemed to know their intentions.
"If I see any family or royal family member run away, I will have the academy seize the family's resources and mines."
Those present were all from noble families or royalty. Only a very small portion were rogue cultivators who came for opportunities. Therefore, Qian Ying threatened these people without hesitation.
Bai Yu was one of the rogue cultivators.
He had also wanted to save Bai Sheng Yi at the time, but seeing Venerable Qing Lan follow her in, he didn't enter. However, he was also very agitated now, frequently looking in the direction of Anping City.
Fighting alongside him was his good brother, also a rogue cultivator. Seeing him almost get grabbed by a puppet due to distraction, he quickly warned him, "Bai Yu, don't mess up!"
"Mm."
"What's so interesting about Anping City that you keep looking that way?"
Bai Yu frowned tightly, "I'm checking if my elder brother has arrived. By rights, after so long, he should have received the news and rushed over."
He didn't believe his elder brother wouldn't be interested in this.
"Your brother is back?" His good brother also knew about Bai Yu's messy family affairs. "Then you don't need to worry about that silly eldest nephew, right?"
Mentioning Bai Si Cheng, Bai Yu's frown deepened.
Perhaps it was that one's inherent nature couldn't be changed, or perhaps Bai Si Cheng's true personality was hidden too deeply back then. He really couldn't stand looking at this nephew's cowardly and oblivious nature.
Of course, aside from Bai Qing Jiang and Yue Shu Xin Bai Sheng Yi, he couldn't stand looking at anyone else in the Bai family.
At this moment, Bai Qing Jiang, whom Bai Yu was thinking about, couldn't even step out of the Bai family's main gate.
As soon as the sky began to darken, Bai Qing Jiang abandoned Bai Si Cheng and wanted to go find Bai Sheng Yi. However, as he reached the main entrance, he saw Xiao Ye run out from the contract space and hold onto his hem.
"Are you telling me not to go out?" Bai Qing Jiang's brows furrowed tightly, "But Little Treasure is still outside, I have to go find her."
Xiao Ye then let out two more "Moo-ee" and "Moo-ee" sounds.
Bai Qing Jiang, "You're saying Little Treasure will definitely be alright?"
Xiao Ye nodded obediently.
"How do you know?" Bai Qing Jiang didn't doubt Xiao Ye. He just thought that because Xiao Ye had gone to Heavenly Dao Ravine with Bai Sheng Yi before, he had a sense of admiration and a filter for Bai Sheng Yi.
He tried to pry Xiao Ye's paws off him while earnestly coaxing, "Even if Little Treasure is very powerful now, I am her father, and I must go protect her. Xiao Ye, can you let go of me now..."
"Void beast?"
Bai Si Cheng, who had been chasing after Bai Qing Jiang, rushed out and exclaimed in shock upon seeing Xiao Ye.
"Father, don't Void beasts only live in the mustard seed layer?"
"This is my contracted beast."
Bai Qing Jiang replied, then paid no further attention to Bai Si Cheng, continuing to coax Xiao Ye.
However, Xiao Ye seemed to have suddenly thrown a tantrum and refused to listen to him, even directly pulling him into the void space!
"Xiao Ye!"
Bai Qing Jiang was furious and went to find the little void beast. However, this void space was Xiao Ye's innate divine ability. Within it, Xiao Ye was the master. If Xiao Ye refused to appear, he would have no way of finding him.
Bai Si Cheng watched as Bai Qing Jiang disappeared from his spot and panicked.
He immediately shouted, "Someone! Quickly, someone!"
"Young Master, what's wrong?"
"Father is gone! Quickly get people to search for him!" Bai Si Cheng ordered.
The butler and the servants exchanged glances.
"Young Master, the Patriarch might have gone to Anping City and walked too fast? With the Patriarch's abilities, how could he just disappear for no reason?"
They were more willing to believe that the Patriarch wanted to leave, and the Young Master couldn't keep up.
Bai Si Cheng didn't notice the change in the butler's address.
"Impossible! Hurry up and find someone! He disappeared right here!" he insisted.
After all, Bai Si Cheng was the master. The butler had no choice but to frown and order people to search for Bai Qing Jiang's whereabouts again.
...
Heavenly Dao Ravine.
Bai Sheng Yi slowly walked out from mid-air, holding a emerald green vine. At the tip of the vine, a black flower the size of a palm was coiled.
"You?"
Liu Tian Yun frowned tightly. He had a very deep impression of Bai Sheng Yi's face. Letting her and that boy beside her escape from the mustard seed layer that day was a major failure in his plan.
However, Liu Tian Yun soon thought of something else. His rough eyebrows curled into a sinister, wicked smile.
He said to Bai Sheng Yi, "Heh, what about the boy by your side? Has he become the Heavenly Dao's vessel?"
Liu Tian Yun didn't need Bai Sheng Yi's answer. He then muttered to himself.
"Tsk tsk, that's not right either. The Heavenly Dao itself is struggling to cope right now, it shouldn't have the extra capacity to enjoy the body it has chosen."